The Super Ego Provales

Sigmund Freud has a human thought process theory that was based on the idea of the Id, the ego and the super ego. The super ego deals with the idea of right and wrong. The Id is the instant gratification. And the ego is the mid point between the two. While sitting in chapel listening to Father Butler tell the story of a man who robbed a convenient store to help feed his family, I began to thing of Freud. The man robed the store for the sole purpose of feeding his family. The Id of this robber caused him to act in this violent way due to the necessity of feeding his family. He was concerned about his family and had to make the rash move of robbing the store to fulfill his instant gratification of helping his family. The cashier pulled out $40 and gave him a loaf of bread and didn’t call the cops. This being the mans super ego, knowing that he helped this man out, and hopefully made him think about his actions. About 6 months later, the cashier received $50 and a letter explaining how he realized what he had done. He had gotten a job and was able to support his family on his own. The conscious effort of the super ego of the cashier had save a man’s life and helped him realize what he had done. If it weren’t for the super ego of this cashier, the man would have spent a long time in jail and his family would have suffered. In the end the super ego of both the cashier and the robber provable just from this simple action of the cashier.